Join us in the stunning Costa Rican tropical rainforest for a fully immersive, action packed jungle experience. This thrilling, practical 7-day course gives you the opportunity to experience and become fully immersed in a jungle environment. You’ll kick off your epic adventure by white water rafting into camp, trek through the jungle taking in the beautiful scenery, as well as experience an overnight stay in your own self-made camp.

Led by our expert team, all of whom bring a phenomenal amount of expertise and knowledge of jungle and tropical environments, you’ll learn the essential medical skills required to care for and treat illnesses and injuries common to this harsh environment, plus basic navigation and camp craft skills for use in this complex training environment.

The course enables attendees to:

Increase their knowledge about Jungle Medicine and equip medics with practical survival skills, an overview of tropical medicine, logistical knowledge and pre-hospital skills required on a jungle expedition all while immersed in the environment

Improve environmental awareness enabling a greater ability to plan, risk assess and set yourself up fro successful expeditions in one of the world’s most challenging climates

What will l learn on the Jungle Medicine course?Through hands-on (learning by doing) workshops and scenarios, this highly practical course is supported by a comprehensive curriculum of tropical medicine, logistical knowledge and pre-hospital skills, taught through lectures and fully immersive workshops. You’ll cover a range of topics, such as managing snake, scorpion and spider envenomations, primary survey and basic navigation in the jungle, casevac drills as well as managing fever in the tropics, all preparing you for expeditions, work and micro-adventures in tropical and jungle environments.

How could attending the Jungle Medicine course further my career?
Our Jungle Medicine course is a great introduction into specific jungle expeditions as well as longer expeditions or even taking on a medical role within this unique environment. Attending this course will give you a unique set of skills, plus an appreciation of how triple canopy can affect casevac (extracting casualties), navigation, planning & execution of care.

Who would benefit from attending this course?
Jungle Medicine offers an exciting combination of medical practice in a tropical environment, so any Medical or Allied Health Professional who is involved in medicine in the outdoors and is interested or considering accompanying a tropical or jungle expedition would benefit the most. If you are willing to think and work outside your comfort zone this is a great course for you.

With the role of an expedition medic requiring many skills, our Jungle Medicine course offers the perfect opportunity to learn new skills and enhance your expedition knowledge as well as focus on tropical medicine and survival skills in the extreme.

Don’t just take our word for how amazing this course is, Mieke, a 2018 Jungle Medicine course attendee said:

Excellent course. First of all, taking place in a beautiful country, covering a wide variety of subjects relevant to surviving as a medic in the jungle via lectures and hands-on skills, whilst being fully immersed in the astonishing deep untouched jungle. Adding the extras of traveling over and crossing the Pacuare, wading through streams carrying your pack and of course an amazing team! Would definitely recommend and go again.

Where else in the world could you receive such hands-on experience, be part of a unique learning opportunity and have an adventure of a lifetime. To find out more and to experience our Jungle Medicine course for yourself, please click here.

Take your EXTREME medical career to the next level – book your place today!

Pristine rain forest and verdant jungles are a huge attraction as travel locations. Recently I was lucky enough to travel to Costa Rica to instruct on the World Extreme Medicine JJungle Medicine Training Course* course where we spent seven days trekking and living in the jungle along the Pacuare River. There are many hazards that we need to anticipate when travelling in these areas, including sourcing safe water and avoiding local dangerous wildlife. One hazard that is ever present is insects-they are everywhere and determined to get their fill of humans. These insects don’t just cause bites, they can also transmit diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and tick-borne encephalitis. The density of insects is incredible and is something that is obvious every time you turn on your headtorch at night. So how do we discourage all these flying and crawling critters from enjoying Michelin starred human dining?

Bite avoidance is key and there are several areas to consider. The first is clothing. It is very tempting to wear shorts and a T-shirt given the heat, however, this is the first mistake many people make. Ensure you have lightweight, light coloured, quick-drying long-sleeved shirts and long trousers. Even better is to source clothing that is impregnated with the insect repellent Permethrin. Once you wearing your long clothing, button up the cuffs and tuck your trousers into your socks or wear gaiters. I made the mistake of not closing off the bottom of my trouser legs one day, and only realised the consequences when I felt dozens of painful biting pinpricks on the backs of my legs from the ants that had climbed onto my boots and made their way upwards.

Second is a good mosquito net– I never travel to tropical areas without one and the security if brings you when you are trying to sleep, knowing you don’t have to do the naked run to find the whining mosquito that is after my blood. This also applies to hammocks- ideally, if you are sleeping in a hammock, use one with a built-in mosquito net. There is nothing nicer than getting into a hammock knowing you have an impregnable mosquito net, and you can go to sleep safe in the knowledge that despite all the noise, they cannot get to you.

Thirdly is insect repellent. I am an insect attractant and use as many methods as possible to avoid getting bitten, however, some people appear to have good results from citronella sprays and wrist bands. It may be they are just not as tasty to the critters! The gold standard repellent is DEET, and this comes in varying concentrations up to 100% Max Strength Kill Anything Jungle Juice. People vary in their tolerance to DEET, and it is worth experimenting with different strengths to see what your skin will accept. It is worth spraying clothing as well as any bare skin, concentrating on the gaps at wrists, ankles and neck. Other repellents to consider are permethrin and picaridin based, and it is thought these may be better for repelling ticks.

If you do get bitten, you can take a regular dose of a pharmacy over the counter antihistamine tablet. These reduce itching and inflammation, as well as being useful to take regularly if you are in an insect-laden area and want to avoid strong bite reactions.

Get out there and enjoy these incredible places, and stay comfortable in the knowledge you have done everything to avoid those irritating and sometimes harmful bites and maybe join World Extreme Medicine on thier famous Jungle Medicine Training Course in Costa Rica!

Jungle Medicine Training Course in Costa Rica an exciting and comprehensive course for all those medical professionals responsible for clients, patients or team members in a tropical or jungle environment.

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